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GalFisk wrote:The musical note yes B flat? but not this one A squished insect?Heaven forfend! A picture? no The letter B? no
Balin wrote:Is your profile pic relevant? Yes indeed. I will stop doing these, I promise!
GalFisk wrote:A non-flat musical B? A flat musical other? If so: A? C? D? E? F? G? It’s Aâ™ Is the octave relevant? The Aâ™above middle C The actual frequency? 415.30 The instrument it's played on, if any? Yes, but small FA If so, is it played on a stringed instrument? Wind instrument? Electronic instrument? Is it measured? Recorded? Is there something wrong with it? Such as a recording being played back at an incorrect speed? No to all
GalFisk wrote:Is it not played? Not from an instrument? Is it the note a bee is buzzing with its wings? noish [b]CORRECTION - YESISH [/b]The high-pitched buzz bumblebees sometimes make when climbing around in a flower? no
GalFisk wrote: Is it a sound made? yes Played? no Heard? yes Recorded? no or NR Resonated with? yes Reacted to? yes
Galfisk I've also made a correction to the above answer (YESISH not noish)
GalFisk wrote:Is the note from a bee? yes From buzzing? From wings? partly this... although the precise mechanism isn't relevant to the puzzle Bee communcation relevant? yes Insect mating calls? no
Balin wrote:Do bees buzz (hum/communicate/otherwise make noise) in the key of A flat? Not relevantly in any particular key, except in this one instance, which is specifically the note A flat.
GalFisk wrote:Relevant what bee makes the tone? Yes What the tone means? Yes Guard bees relevant? no Fighting intruders? fighting yes, intruders no Heating intruders to death? haha, no
GalFisk wrote:Fighting: two queens fighting? Yes Workers fighting? no Bees raiding other bee hives? no
GalFisk wrote:Do they physically fight? yes Do they make the sound? yes Do they try to be louder than the other? no
GalFisk wrote:Relevant why they fight? yes Why they make the sound? yes When in the process of fighting they make this sound? sometimes, but at other times too Do both make the sound? yes Do they fight to the death? yes Is the sound a signal? yes If so, to the other queen? amongst other things, yes To workers? yes
GalFisk wrote:Is the sound a sign that workers should do something? Yes Stop doing something? no Are both queens from the same hive? yes Is one queen trying to take over another's hive? no Relevant what happens to the loser? yes The winner? yes